Using the “Limit Login Attempts” WordPress Plugin

Securing your WordPress site from hackers is extremely important to protect your website. One of the most common ways hackers gain access to WordPress is through brute force password cracking. Hackers use special tools to try multiple usernames and passwords to gain access to your WordPress dashboard. The easiest way to stop a hacker attempting to guess your username and password is to use a plugin that limits the number of login attempts.

In addition to using the “Limit Login Attempts” plugin we recommend changing your administrator username to something other than “Admin”. For more information on how to do this, please read our article on using a WordPress username other than admin for security reasons.

Sorry to hear that you're having problem with the WordPress login. Due to brute force attacks on WordPress sites, mod security rules have been put in place that may affect your login. There are some other steps that you can take that can help secure your site and also resolve the login issues. Please review the Top 10 steps to secure WordPress. If you continue to have issues with the login, please reply to this post with more details on the problem.